Actor
David Byrne
Born 1952 · Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
David Byrne (/bɜːrn/; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media, including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Simpsons
David Byrne (voice) · 1989
This Must Be the Place
David Byrne · 2011
Stop Making Sense
Self - Vocals, Guitar · 1984
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · 1975
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self · 1994
Until the End of the World
Self · 1991
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest · 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1962
David Byrne's American Utopia
Self - Lead Singer & Performer · 2020
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Self · 2020
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
David Byrne · 2019
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 2003
True Stories
Narrator / Lip-Syncher · 1986
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest · 1993
The Oscars
Self · 1953
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Self · 2016
60 Minutes
Self · 1968
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest · 2003
The Twits
Gordon Sniffles (voice) · 2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self · 2025
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2014
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Self · 2002
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
Self · 2017
